Gary Spinner
Physician Assistant · Bridgeport, CTNPI 1891760526
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $81,305 of the $118,912 with a category attached, or 68.4%. 10 manufacturers reported payments, led by Viiv Healthcare Company at 54.1% of the total. Reporting peaked in 2024 at $36,647 and has fallen 87.5% since, to $4,598 in 2025. Among physician assistant clinicians in CT with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 412 payments — averaging $288.62 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Viiv Healthcare Company$64K
- Gilead$50K
- Theratechnologies Inc.$3K
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC$2K
- Merck$158
- Johnson & Johnson$118
- plus $234 from 4 others
Across 1 payment — averaging $4200.00 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Viiv Healthcare Company$4K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$9,9508%
- Speaking & faculty fees$81,30568%
- Travel & lodging$18,62916%
- Food & beverage$8,8757%
- Education$1530%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Viiv Healthcare Company | 204 | $64,280 |
| Gilead | 174 | $49,509 |
| Theratechnologies Inc. | 6 | $2,812 |
| Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC | 2 | $1,800 |
| Merck | 9 | $158 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8 | $118 |
| AbbVie | 6 | $96 |
| Janssen Products, LP | 1 | $89 |
| Novo Nordisk | 1 | $32 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $17 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$118,912 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 1,795 physician assistant providers in Connecticut.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| BiktarvyBictegrav/Emtricit/Tenofov Ala | 193 | $776,867 |
| GenvoyaElviteg/Cob/Emtri/Tenof Alafen | 48 | $192,459 |
| SymtuzaDarunavir/Cob/Emtri/Tenof Alaf | 40 | $189,709 |
| TriumeqAbacavir/Dolutegravir/Lamivudi | 43 | $163,470 |
| JulucaDolutegravir/Rilpivirine | 30 | $106,119 |
| CabenuvaCabotegravir/Rilpivirine | 12 | $91,836 |
| OdefseyEmtricitab/Rilpiviri/Tenof Ala | 23 | $82,815 |
| DovatoDolutegravir Sodium/Lamivudine | 24 | $80,989 |
| DescovyEmtricitabine/Tenofov Alafenam | 19 | $39,534 |
| FarxigaDapagliflozin Propanediol | 34 | $28,432 |
| TivicayDolutegravir Sodium | 12 | $28,330 |
| OzempicSemaglutide | 15 | $20,365 |
| JanumetSitagliptin Phos/Metformin Hcl | 27 | $20,253 |
| EliquisApixaban | 20 | $10,188 |
| Spiriva HandihalerTiotropium Bromide | 16 | $8,245 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| GileadBiktarvy, Genvoya, Descovy | $49,509 | $1,008,860260 claims |
| Viiv Healthcare CompanyTriumeq, Juluca, Cabenuva, Dovato, Tivicay | $64,280 | $470,744121 claims |
| Janssen Products, LPSymtuza | $89 | $189,70940 claims |
| AstraZenecaFarxiga, Breztri Aerosphere | $17 | $35,51345 claims |
| Novo NordiskOzempic | $32 | $20,36515 claims |
| MerckJanumet | $158 | $20,25327 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 95th percentile of 1,795 physician assistant providers in Connecticut.
Other physician assistant in Bridgeport
- Tio LivingstonBridgeport$12K
- Jordan MarcouTrumbull$44K
- Mary ElliottGuilford$43K
- Christopher ThompsonGroton$42K
- Michael LalondeNew Haven$35K
- Kristine LaneMiddletown$30K
- Kathryn MidgleyNew Haven$28K
- Richard MoroPlainfield$25K
- Janine TedescoDarien$21K
- Marina MathewFairfield$20K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.